December 2022 – Cal Lab Magazine

Force Calibration Guidance for Beginners, Part 2

December 31, 2022 Office

by Henry Zumbrun This two-part article was written to help anyone new to force. Even seasoned metrologists or technicians with years of experience may learn something new, or maybe this document can act as a […]

Effects of Impurities on the Freezing Plateau of the Triple Point of Water

December 31, 2022 Office

by Xiaoke Yan, et al. The influence of impurities on the shape of the freezing curves of the triple point of water (TPW) in three small TPW cells was investigated using the freezing curve analysis […]

Practitioner’s Perspective on the GUM Revision, Part II: Examples and Resolutions to the Ballico Paradox

December 31, 2022 Office

by Hening Huang This paper is the second one (Part II) in a series of two papers (Part I and Part II) designated to provide practitioner’s perspective on the GUM revision. Part I has discussed […]

The Hidden Cost of Hardware Upgrades

December 31, 2022 Michael Schwartz

For years, I have been advocating and teaching the advantages of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and why we, in the metrology industry, need to move away from script-based programming for automation. This often involves explaining […]

NIST SURF for Career Success: Announcing 2023 OWM Undergraduate Research Opportunities | NIST

December 15, 2022 Office

Undergraduate students… are you looking for an extraordinary opportunity to propel your professional development and career forward? Well, there’s nothing quite like the experience of participating in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) […]